Stories from Around the World for Little Children

A collection of six classic folktales retold for a young audience. The stories include: "The Enormous Turnip" (Russia), where a family and animals must work together; "The Musicians of Bremen" (Germany), about four aging animals who run away to become musicians and end up scaring off robbers; "The Little Red Hen" (England), who does all the work to make bread while other animals are lazy; "The Dragon Painter" (China), about a boy whose painted dragons come to life; "Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock" (West Africa), featuring the clever trickster spider; and "The Gingerbread Man" (Germany), the classic tale of a runaway cookie.